Lingthem Lyang Homestay

Paddy sapling field at Lingthem before transplanting seedling need to be raised and it is done in the month of  May Grown up paddy sapling  picking by the relatives and neighbor of Lingthem Lyang Homestay. In our village everybody help each other in their field and its the best time where everybody gather together do work and after finishing the work will have food, drink local liquor(chi) and enjoy the evening with dance and song. With majestic Mt Kunchunjunga at background of  beautiful gold paddy field almost ready for harvesting at Lingthem. Paddy ready for harvesting in front of Lingthem Lyang Homestay Making field ready for planting paddy Red Spinach seed (Katnim bee in our lepcha language) at the garden  Edible  Mashroom at Lingthem Lyang Homestay Maize, Orange and Squash in our field Azi( Queen of LLH) collecting mushroom our guest Mushroom ready for cooking Collection of fresh Organi...

weeding on sunny day with an umbrella

Final manual transplanting of rice  Rice is a very important food crop that is the staple diet of at least half of the world's population so in this half of the world’s population we the Lepcha are included. Final manual transplanting is done on the flat land with clayey soil because this is most ideal for wet rice cultivation as this can help retain water. In hilly places steps are cut into the hill slopes to create terraces (flat land) for growing rice. The fields are then flooded with water channeled from small streams or obtained from direct rainfall. Ploughing and leveling of terraces The terraces (flat land) fields are first ploughed with the help of energetic and helpful oxen and the finally leveled by the villager. After leveling the fields, final manual transplanting is done and it ensures a uniform plant stand and gives the rice crop a head start over emerging weeds. Further, seedlings are established even if the field is not leveled adequately and has varia...

Photo Credit: Johanna  Some of the most wonderful incidents of travelling we had in the homestay. You don't expect anything and you get one wonderful experience after another. Warm honest people deep curious conversations a stunning view of incredible snow covered mountains. Photo Credit: Johanna Huge slopes of calming green trees. Photo Credit: Johanna remote.waterfall Photo Credit: Johanna an lively interesting Lepcha Village intense new tastes of local foods herb and if you dare the notorious millet beer The notorious millet beer you curiousity will be rewarded and responsed!! We had an unforgettable and. recommend anyone to make this experience! Photo credit: Johanna Johanna Abel studying cognitive linguistics and working as teacher for German Language and Herinrich Abel working at administration studied law

Traditional Pulling of Rice Seedling  Transplanting is the most common and traditional method of crop establishment for rice in Lepcha cultures. Rice seedlings grown in a nursery are pulled and transplanted into leveled fields. This is done in order to get higher yields. Manual Transplanting is done most by people of the village itself with enthusiastic, passionate and vehement. They help each other for pulling and transplanting of rice. The village people enjoy working in the paddy fields by drinking testy organic millet wine. This method has been carried out hundred years to keep the Lepcha tradition alive. So come and see the Lepcha traditional rice farming and enjoy with the millet wine at Lingthem Lyang Homestay.

My Mom(Azee) is very curious to teach Finger Millet farming to my better half(Dechen) & Niece(Amimsha)  We the Lepcha called these crops as Kamdak(scientific name is Pennisetum glaucum) and Naho(scientific name is Sorghum bicolor). These crops are cultivated a lot by our grand parents & parents a very long long ago for different use for human and animals but now a day these crops are rarely cultivated and one can hardly see now a day so this is kind of waking up alarm and revitalizing the traditional crops. Bringing back a vanishing crops of vanishing tribes. Finger Millet farming Benefit of finger millet Finger millet has lot of health benefits like it help in weight loss, excellent source of calcium, regulating blood sugar levels, reduce cholesterol, good source of protein & amino acids, treating anemia, digestion, increase lactation and many more.